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Why don't we train hip flexors?
I am active in aerial arts and gymnastics communities. In these disciplines, we train hipflexors all the time (although most exercises that use hipflexors hit abs and/or quads as well), since ...
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Why don't we train hip flexors?
It's not actually that uncommon to train them. Most ab exercises work the hip flexors as much as they do the abs. There probably isn't a huge benefit to having them be extremely strong, but powerful ...
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Can Kre-Alkalyn be used to preload for standard Creatine-monohydrate?
Kre-Alkalyn can be used to predrain your wallet.
Greg Nuckols has a great article on creatine over at StrongerByScience called "Not Another Boring Creatine Guide: Answers To FAQs And Lesser-Known ...
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If you can 50 pusbups in a go, why not make it harder by slowing down the tempo?
There is a meta-analysis by Schoenfeld that discusses the effect on hypertrophy when alterating repetition duration. They found that hypertrophy is similar when training with repetition durations ...
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Why don't we train hip flexors?
I have a set of spinal injuries and one of the things I cannot do is flex my left hip well – it is innervated by the L1/L2 Myotome.
Trust me, if you can't flex your hips, walking becomes very ...
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If you can 50 pusbups in a go, why not make it harder by slowing down the tempo?
You need to progressively overload a muscle for stimulate growth as your body adapts to the movement. Once you slow down enough, you'll be performing (essentially) a static hold. How do you progress ...
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If you can 50 pusbups in a go, why not make it harder by slowing down the tempo?
The rule is that "using a resistance so light that you could do a very large number of reps is suboptimal for hypertrophy", not that "doing high numbers of reps is suboptimal for ...
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How do nerves become fatigued?
What a great question.
Unfortunately, it is incredibly hard to research a rapidly firing neuron at the electrochemical level. Let alone inside the neuron of a live subject that is exercising at peak ...
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What is this muscle ? Gluteus medius or something else?
Gluteus Medius.
See this image, gluteus medius in green:
The glute med sits right along the posterior of the ilium wing, which you have circled in your photo. The confusion is likely just because the ...
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Slow Progress At My Sessions
If you're eating at maintenance calories, it's to be expected that you're only maintaining, rather than gaining strength.
There could be other factors, such as insufficient training volume or ...
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Losing Lean Muscle Mass (Detraining)
At a basic physiological level, how is this occurring?
Every day, your body builds up and breaks down muscle. Under homeostasis, this breakdown evens out the buildup and there is no net-muscle gain. ...
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Is it a good idea to have some overlap between engaged muscle groups in different exercises?
Is it a good idea to have some overlap between engaged muscle groups in different exercises within a single day?
It's hard to avoid, really, even if you're doing full-body workouts, and by definition,...
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Is it a good idea to have some overlap between engaged muscle groups in different exercises?
You should generally be more concerned about managing overall fatigue, rather than local muscle fatigue.
Fitness adaptations occur in response to the accumulation of fatigue through exercise, but not ...
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Pressured on time, thinking of doing full-body workouts instead of splits
Full body workouts are amazing and work quite well for either goal of hypertrophy or strength. The ability to hit multiple muscle groups within one training is doable, but requires determination and ...
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Why don't we train hip flexors?
Having done a bit of powerlifting, I've found training them, especially in isolation to be useful in strengthening squats.
It helped me be better about keeping knees over toes and driving straight ...
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Slow Progress At My Sessions
You should do some sets in a lower rep range
"From a science standpoint, there's actually not a lot that we know about muscle growth. One thing that we do know based on research and decades of ...
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